James allen



(No Model.)

' J. ALLEN.

HORSE SHOBING JACK No; 443,346. Patented Dec. 23, 1890.

W658 es UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

JAMES ALLEN, or ALLISTON, CANADA.

HORSESIHOEING-JACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,346, dated December 23, 1890.

Application filed May 8, 1890. Serial No. 350,999. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES ALLEN, blacksmith, of the village of Alliston, in the county of Sirncoe, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented a certain new and Improved I-Iorseshoeing-Jack, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to produce a suitable jack for supporting the leg and foot of the horse while being shod; and it consists, essentially, of a substantially horizontal rest shaped either to support the foot and knee of the fore leg or the foot and fetlock of the hind leg, the said horizontal rest being longitudinally adjustable, so that it may be altered to suit the legs of horses of different sizes, and is provided with a standard to fit into a vertical stand in such a manner that the height of the horizontal rest may be adjusted to suit the height of the horse being shod, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my horseshoeing-jack with the horizontal rest for the hind leg. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my horseshoeing-jack with the horizontal rest for the front leg.

In both views I show in dotted lines the foot and part of the leg of the horse.

In the drawings, A represents a vertical stand supported by suitable flaring legs B.

O is a standard fitted into a vertical hole made through the stand A.

D is a lever pivoted in suitable brackets E, extending from the stand A.

F is a latch connected to and extending from the lever D and is designed to project through a slot made in the vertical stand A, so that it may be forced by the spring G into one of the notches H made in the standard 0, as indicated. It will be observed that the spring G acts on the lower end of the leverD so as to force the latch F, as stated, into one of the notches referred to.

The portion'of my jack which I term the horizontal rest consists of a horn-shaped bracket I, which in Fig. 1 is located immediately over the standard 0, while in Fig. 2 it is attached to the end of a projecting plate .I, which extends, as indicated, on a slightincline behind the standard C, the said hornshaped bracket being designed to hold the foot of the horse being shod.

K is a cup-shaped bracket, which in Fig. 1 is shaped to receive the fetlock of the horse, while in Fig.2 it is shaped to receive the knee of the horse. In both figures the bracket K is fixed to the plate L, which rests upon and is supported by the horizontal plate M, which is fixed t0 and extends in front of the standard 0.

A longitudinal slot N (see Fig. 1) is made in the horizontal plate M, through which a bolt 0, provided with a suitable nut P, is passed after having passed through a hole made in the plate L.

In order to shorten orlengthen the distance between the bracket I and bracket K, it is merely necessary to loosen the nut P, when the plate L may be adjusted and held at any desired point to suit the length of the leg of the horse being shod.

A number of notches II are made in the standard 0, so that the height of the horizontal rest may be easily adjusted by merely pressing against the lower end of the lever D, so as to withdraw the latch F clear of the notches, then raising or lowering the said standard 0 to the proper height, when by removing the pressure fromthe lever D the spring G will force the latch F into the'notch H, which may at the time be opposite to it.

lVith a view of bracing the jack I provide, as shown in Fig.2, two rods Q, and R.

From this description it will be seen that the jack I have described may be used for horses of all sizes, and that its use will make the work of the blacksmith much easier, and consequently his work may be much more expeditiously performed.

WVhat I claim as my invention is 1. A- horizontal rest provided with the horn I and adjustable cup-shaped bracket K, secured to a vertically-adjustable standard 0, in combination with a vertical stand to support said standard 0 and provided With a catch to engage notches made in said standard, substantially as described.

2. A horizontal rest composed of a hornshaped bracket I, supported on a plate M, fixed to the adjustable standard C, a cupshaped bracket K, fixed on said plate M, in

5 combination with a pivoted lever D, having a latch F to fit into one of the notches II on said adjustable standard and actuated by a spring G, substantially as and for the purpose specitied.

Ailiston, April 28, 1890.

JAMES ALLEN. In presence ot' A. G. ROWE, M. A. YOUNG. 

